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The House of the Spirits
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"The House of the Spirits" Quotes

"The House of the Spirits" follows the Trueba family through love, politics, and magic realism in Chile.

Quotes

This was the time when I discovered that I could survive without love.

Isabel Allende

lovesurvival

I have the feeling that I have lost something of great importance and that the rest of my life will be maimed.

Isabel Allende

losslife

The truth is that we're all in the same boat, and we're all trying to withstand the same storm.

Isabel Allende

unitystruggle

Barrabás came to us by sea, the child Clara wrote in her delicate calligraphy.

Isabel Allende

fatedestiny

I saw the shadows of my ancestors walking single file through the jungle of my brain.

Isabel Allende

ancestrylegacy

She believed in a life of the senses, in pleasure and beauty, and she had a great deal of both.

Isabel Allende

pleasurebeauty

I could not imagine a world without her, and I would never be able to find my place in it.

Isabel Allende

lossgrief

I had the feeling that I had been waiting for this moment for a long time, that I had been waiting for this moment since the beginning of time.

Isabel Allende

destinyfate

She was the one who taught me to listen to the language of the stars.

Isabel Allende

teachingstars